I got into programming after receiving a 48k spectrum for Chrismas as a child, which arrived with a broken tape deck. No "Hungry Horace" for me, instead it was

I got into programming after receiving a 48k spectrum for Chrismas as a child, which arrived with a broken tape deck. No "Hungry Horace" for me, instead it was the (very readable) manual to work through. Happily z80 machine code prepared me well for Intel assembly. Even now I play chaos every month or two: http://torinak.com/qaop#!chaos http://torinak.com/qaop#!chaos along with a couple of other games.